Category: American Countryside
Messages Delivered in Weeks
Before express mail or overnight delivery, messages traveled at a speed measured not in hours, but in weeks. For those wanting to communicate up and…
Where Two Nations Could Met
The hardwood trees along the Neosho River had been growing here for years. In fact, many of those old trees can be found yet today. …
A Cedar Rapids Museum of the Past and Present
In Cedar Rapids, Iowa you’ll find an impressive museum that tells the past and present of a group of people who made this part of…
Speaking the Same Language
In the 1800s many immigrant groups began to move from Europe to the United States. Specific groups of people would often begin to settle in…
The Prescott Frontier Days Rodeo
If you come to watch this rodeo, you’ll most likely be sitting in seats that were first used in 1913. That’s actually pretty modern considering…
The First Rodeo
Where was the first rodeo held? You’ll find some debate on the actual beginning point of the sport with several towns laying claim to some…
A Long Way from Norway to Oklahoma
It’s a long way from Norway to Oklahoma. That’s precisely why this story seems so hard to believe. However, could it be true that ancient…
Early Oklahoma Visitors
You can find ancient carvings of Native Americans in many parts of the country. So when early settlers happened upon these writings in Oklahoma, they…
Evidence of Vikings in Oklahoma
If you want to learn the story of ancient Vikings you would of course travel to Scandinavia…or Oklahoma of course. Why Oklahoma? There’s plenty of…
A Visit to Jerome, Arizona
Many a mining boom town has experienced boom and bust. When this town was just about gone it began to be promoted as a ghost…
